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ADAPTED FROM JINJIANG LITERATURE CITY NOVELS

WRITTEN BY TWENTINE (ZHOU AIHUA)

After what happened, I realized something.

I was too blind to like someone

as cold and arrogant as Li Xun.

From now on, I solemnly declare

that I do not like him anymore.

If you like him, you can go after him.

I don't like him.

Really?

Anyone who likes him is out of her mind.

Yes, that's true.

Are you not going to the base?

Of course I'm going.

I didn't scold him back because I went easy on him.

If he dares scold me again,

I'll teach him how to behave.

Please check this again.

How is the web?

Did you two make up?

-None of your business. -None of your business.

I really can't understand

the friendship between girls at all.

I don't think Liu Sisi will ever come again.

Are you not taking any action?

I promise I don't like him.

How is it? Is the UI okay?

We've added a marquee-LED banner here,

a video window here

to broadcast promotional videos

and a pop-up window here

for external links to shopping sites.

And there's this.

We changed the pointer

to look like their logo.

Isn't that quite impressive?

Don't you think it is a bit too fancy

and there are too many widgets?

If you take it to bid,

it won't seem like a mature design.

I don't think so.

All websites are like this now.

If it is too plain,

it looks like we didn't put in much effort.

Fine, just use yours.

Really?

That's it.

I told you it was okay.

Is one round of revision enough?

I don't think we're that good.

You're just not confident.

Li Xun had no critiques.

There must be no problem!

-But-- -Enough.

We have to stand up for ourselves

and fight like we did this time.

We are not here to work for him.

We are all a team.

He also needs to learn to cooperate and listen to us.

If he keeps acting like that,

he'll get into trouble.

There is a reason why things go wrong.

I still find it weird.

You do look weird to me.

Let's hurry.

Gao.

You clean up nice.

Of course.

We can't embarrass the base.

I borrowed this

from my senior last night.

I spent all morning

learning to tie a tie from a video.

I almost strangled myself.

I put some thought into my outfit too.

Where is Li Xun?

Right, he told me this morning

that he might not make it.

What is he up to?

It doesn't matter.

We're the ones presenting.

Are you sure we are going to be okay?

Maybe we should just go find him.

Why wouldn't we be okay?

We're on the shortlist anyway.

Ms. Zhu, you need to have faith in us.

Let's go.

It takes more than an hour on the road.

Get in, Your Highness.

Take a break.

There aren't any bugs.

We've tested it so many times.

Don't get carsick later.

The presentation is the most important part.

Relax.

Don't worry,

I've never been carsick in my life.

Are you okay?

You're throwing up so much.

Gao, neither of us has experience.

Why don't we call Li Xun?

Why are you so nervous?

It's fine.

We can win this bid for sure.

Also, there's a first time for everything.

Li Xun has never made a bid either.

Give me the mouthwash in the small pocket.

How about this?

I will present on stage

and you can add to it.

Okay, let's do it as you say.

Hello, we're here for the meeting.

You're here for the tender meeting?

You're late. The others have already arrived.

What company are you from?

The Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation

at Nanhu University's CS Dept.

We were stuck in traffic.

Okay, sign in first.

GAO JIAN

Isn't your bidder named Li Xun?

I am presenting this time.

You have to sign his name too.

Otherwise, I'll forget.

LI XUN

TENDER MEETING FOR BLUE CROWN WEBSITE PROJECT

Hello, ladies and gentlemen.

I am from Demu Tech Co. Ltd.

This time, we chose a parallax design

for the website.

Demu Tech came too.

Yes, I didn't expect any big companies.

It can reflect the youthfulness of our brand

as to attract more young customers.

Where are you going?

I'm going to make a call.

Scroll at different speeds

to create a 3D movement.

LI XUN

Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.

Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.

Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.

That's why our concept is

to focus on novelty.

So our company's design concept

is contrary to everyone else's.

We only pursue

old fashion.

Did you call Li Xun?

His phone is switched off.

We are here to bid.

What is he thinking?

We are supposed to be the ones presenting.

So we designed the web pages

as sparingly as possible.

How about this one?

This is even better than the last one.

Their minimalist style

looks easy

until you work on it,

especially that tab.

I've seen a master write it

on a design exchange site.

It will probably take us half a year just to learn it.

For example,

one of our creative designs

is to change the cursor

to look like your company's logo.

The effect

leaves an impression on the customers.

I'm going to try calling again.

Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.

What is he doing?

Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off.

What's wrong?

I accidentally deleted the wrong line of code.

I wanted to add a dynamic plug-in

to the navigation bar

so at least it could be

more attractive at first glance.

It's okay.

Copy the backup on my computer.

I edited the navigation bar last.

You don't have it.

The design

that best fits the user's habits

is a good design.

That concludes my presentation. Thank you.

The fourth presenter is

Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation of Nanhu University's CS Dept.

Is Nanhu University here?

Let's go.

Nanhu University,

Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation.

The bidder is Li Xun.

Is Li Xun here?

Yes.

Gao.

TENDER MEETING FOR BLUE CROWN WEBSITE PROJECT

Hello, everyone.

I am Gao Jianhong

from the Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation

at Nanhu University.

Our website design concept this time

is youthfulness and lifestyle.

Youthfulness means that we want

to attract more young people

to patronize

Blue Crown's website.

Lifestyle means that we want

to be more in line with the user's habits.

We also changed the cursor

to look like Blue Crown's logo.

-And we-- -Hold on.

What's wrong with that navigation bar?

Well,

it was originally a dynamic component.

There seems to be a coding issue.

Didn't you test it before coming in?

We did.

We tested it many times.

But

I wanted to revise it just now.

I guess it was too late.

Young man,

you're a student.

We understand that your product

is not as polished as the others.

However,

you can't come up here with something like that.

We are very serious about this tender.

Do you have any respect

for us and your competitors?

Your bid is well written.

Why is your product different

than the one you are presenting?

BID DOCUMENT

Why is it different from the bid we submitted?

That was our work in progress.

BLUE CROWN WEBSITE DESIGN PROPOSAL

Sorry.

What we showed you just now

was the first draft we made.

We had a lot of arguments

about what the navigation bar

should look like,

before we realized that

consumers don't care about navigation bars.

They only care about

how to buy products more easily.

The first draft we just showed you

was only to prove to you

how scary it can be

if you go

in the wrong direction.

So in the second draft,

we completely left the website design concept behind

and focused more on

how to make it easier

and faster

for users to buy your products.

Blue Crown's main business

is snacks and health products,

but these are not necessities

for most consumers.

We have analyzed the consumption behaviors

on major shopping websites

and conducted a questionnaire survey.

We found that

the purchase of such products

is usually completed on impulse.

So we needed to make

the process from selection to payment

as short as possible

without any hindrance or hassle

for the consumer.

In the purchase process on a traditional shopping site,

consumers need to register,

log in, fill in their address,

link to a bank card,

and enter the password to pay.

But these five steps

are too complicated and cumbersome

for the purchase of a non-essential item.

Consumers are likely to stop at any step.

So our suggestion

is not to build a new payment system

on your own,

but to rely on

a mature payment application

with universal user information.

I dare to predict

that a payment application like this

will become a big trend.

Thank you.

He was coding every day.

When did he look into this?

Gao.

What's wrong?

Are you angry?

Hasn't Li Xun gone too far?

I'm sure it wasn't personal.

He had his own plans.

What plans?

Plans to toy with us

and make me look like a fool on stage?

Gao.

I see.

You're a talented young man.

It's normal that you don't want to work for others.

Here is my business card.

If you need

any financial and technical support,

feel free to contact me.

Our company

loves to support young people with talent and ideas.

I hope we can cooperate.

Thank you.

-It was nice to meet you. -Likewise.

Are you convinced?

What was the meaning of that?

If you didn't believe in us from the start

and didn't intend to use our design,

why didn't you just say so?

You made us waste so much time and energy

and pull so many all-nighters.

I made several versions of a 40-odd page bid.

You played us.

Didn't I make it clear?

If you didn't go on stage to see for yourself

the difference between you and others,

you would always be so childish

and stubborn.

We are a team.

I treat you like a brother and a comrade.

You left me out on stage today to teach me a lesson

and let everyone laugh at me.

What do you take me for?

Li Xun,

you can be direct with us.

We would have just changed it.

Is the website we made really that bad?

What do you think?

If I hadn't changed the submission,

you wouldn't even be shortlisted.

You're right.

We are a team,

so all you have to do

is listen to me

and follow me.

I will lead you to success.

Pass the ball.

Over here! Pass it!

-Again! -Yes!

Block him!

-Again! -I'll keep an eye on him.

Keep an eye on him.

Again!

What's the matter with you?

Stop him!

Enough, I'm done.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Let's go.

-Are you okay? -Yes, I'm fine.

Bye. Let's play another time.

I'm not playing. Bye.

Bye.

You were quite aggressive.

Thank you.

Did Li Xun ask you to come?

Right. Why would he ask you to come?

He doesn't care about anyone.

You know what kind of person he is.

It's not your first day knowing him.

But Gao,

if it wasn't for Li Xun,

we would've been even more humiliated.

Zhu Yun, you changed your mind so quickly.

Are you becoming his fan?

I'm just being realistic.

Li Xun did nothing wrong.

He just did it his way.

Outside of Blue Crown, no one knows who we are.

I need to say something.

We won the bid for Blue Crown's project.

What?

Did we really win the project?

Really?

We won the bid!

It's amazing

how we won such a big project

in our first year.

I'll treat everyone

to milk tea in the afternoon.

-Yes! -We won!

Next,

our base will focus on this project.

Most of you will follow me to code.

The rest will be doing research

and building the database.

I will assign tasks to each of you.

Most of the proceeds from this project

will end up going to the school,

but you will all get paid.

We are even making money.

Of course,

plus extra marks

when we finish the project.

When our class is awarded as the outstanding class,

we can get a 3,000-yuan bonus.

That's great!

Gao,

you guys did a great job.

Gao, you're promising.

This is thanks to the three of you.

Gao, you have to buy us dinner.

-Yes! -That's right!

Why don't you tell them?

Tell them.

Tell them that I had

nothing to do with the winning bid.

That day was a slap in my face,

but today you saved my face.

Li Xun,

don't you think you are the greatest?

It's just a project.

Is this necessary?

I joined the base

to do the project properly.

I don't want to be toyed with.

Gao.

Okay.

Time is tight. We have a lot to do.

Let's get to work.

I quit.

-Gao! -Gao!

Wu Mengxing and Fang Shumiao,

you are responsible

for collecting online reviews

on Blue Crown's food and health products.

I'll take both good and bad reviews.

What's wrong now?

Can you stop hurting people with your words?

Li Xun.

When I was young,

I loved to play with fire on the gas stove

and always played with it when my mom and sister weren't around.

My mom always scolded me,

but I just didn't listen

until one time…

Then I learned my lesson

and never played again.

If you can tell me fables here,

why can't you say something nice to Gao?

I'm not obligated to coax you guys.

What do you take us for?

Do I treat you guys badly?

You should persuade Gao not to quit.

Gao knows right from wrong.

Don't worry.

He is not as delicate as you.

Let me have a look.

No, just let me have a look.

Return it to me.

What do you want from me?

Gao Jianhong,

do you want to make something

that is truly your own?

How is it going? Did you miss me?

Gao, you're back.

We really need you so badly.

Really?

Gao, you came.

Yes. Good morning.

Good morning.

Did you make up?

None of your business.

That's quite a deep bromance.

What did he say to you?

Couldn't I have figured it out

and come back on my own?

Li Xun is right.

I'll be stronger with him.

Let's go.

Gao.

-Good morning. -Good morning.

Slow down.

Have you checked them?

Yes, rest assured.

Cookies.

Cookies.

Here.

This is taken after a meal.

This one can be chewed directly.

Come here.

Where are you going?

I'm done with the search bar.

Just give me a day off.

I haven't approved it yet.

I didn't go back to the dorm yesterday.

I went back only three days last week

and always late at night.

Look, I have pimples on my chin.

And I'm so hungry now.

We have snacks and health products.

I stink.

I don't smell anything.

Why are you behaving like a capitalist

before you have become a boss?

I don't care. I'm heading back today.

You have half an hour

to shower and change

before coming back to work.

It takes me ten minutes to walk there.

Get on.

Twenty-nine minutes to go.

Can you slow down a little bit?

Aren't you in a hurry?

In the last few days,

many students have come to me for help

and asked me questions.

I understand very well.

Our course has just entered the practical stage.

-It's normal that you may become confused. -Where is he?

But I want to tell you.

Don't overcomplicate C

in your mind.

I'll talk to Mr. Lin.

Okay.

Mr. Lin.

Zhang Xiaobei is here.

Where?

There.

Give me a minute.

Okay.

Share these copies with your classmates later.

The woman who just came to see Old Lin

is called Zhang Xiaobei.

She was previously involved in automation.

I wonder whose coattails she is on.

She's now a project director at Xinchuang.

Our graduate school's Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation

cooperates with Xinchuang, right?

She's in charge of it.

What is she doing here?

Do you know

how much money we can get for our project?

How much?

It's 600,000 yuan.

That much?

Gao, I have a bad feeling about this.

I think Zhang Xiaobei is here

for our project.

No doubt about it.

She is here for the Blue Crown project.

I'm starving.

Add some pepper.

Don't forget to eat.

Gao,

the day we went to that meeting,

there was a tall, thin guy.

Do you remember him?

I just remembered now.

He's Han Jiakang

from the graduate school's Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation.

So he works for Zhang Xiaobei, doesn't he?

It's not a coincidence that we went to bid

and ran into a competitor

from our own school, right?

It's weird.

I can't help but think it's fishy.

Unless they had already planned to steal the project.

You're responsible for the green part.

Make good use of your time.

Li Xun, someone wants to steal the Blue Crown project.

Is Gao Jianhong here?

I'm here.

What's going on? Are we having a meeting?

Just a minute.

You're all here.

Ms. Zhang.

I'll start with a brief introduction.

This is Zhang Xiaobei.

Ms. Zhang is the project manager at Xinchuang.

Xinchuang has set up

a Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation

with our graduate school.

These are your seniors.

Han Jiakang, Zhou Jinyang,

Yu Feng, and Lin Jiajia.

Today, I've called both sides together

because I want to tell you something.

Didn't our base just win

a software outsourcing project?

Coincidentally,

Xiaobei's Center for School-Enterprise Cooperation

also applied for this project.

You two collided.

What should we do?

I think we can work together.

It will be a win-win.

It's a good opportunity

for you to learn from your seniors.

As for the name,

I think we should use Xiaobei's name.

After all, the graduate lab sounds more professional.

So he is

your favorite student, right?

I've heard all about him.

Your student seems extraordinary

even at first glance.

Don't flatter me.

I'm afraid of what he makes.

If you have any problems in the future,

you can go to Zhu Yun, my class rep.

She's reliable.

Xiaobei, I have a class in the afternoon.

I have to go.

Get to know each other.

Okay.

Thank you, Mr. Lin.

-Bye. -Goodbye.

-Bye. -Goodbye, sir. .

Although you are all undergraduates,

Mr. Lin and Ms. Zhang told me

that you are all excellent.

He wants to take this opportunity

for practical experience

to train all of you.

Please feel free to come to me with any questions.

You can also go to your seniors.

Okay.

Why don't we just leave it at that?

Han Jiakang,

you can stay and talk with them, okay?

The rest of you can get back to work.

Zhu Yun, get Jiakang's number.

One, three, eight--

Jiakang,

when did you sign up?

You weren't among the companies that applied before, were you?

Had I known that graduate students would lead the team,

we wouldn't have had to work so hard.

It was tough pulling so many all-nighters.

We didn't go on stage on the day of the presentation,

but we actually had materials prepared.

What Ms. Zhang means is that

we shouldn't waste resources internally.

Yes, resources are limited.

Zhu Yun,

the school approved this cooperation.

You should cooperate.

But it's our hard work.

From start to finish,

we wrote all the code.

But nobody ever asked for our consent.

I told you we were working for nothing.

The reliable class rep have received the orders.

Come outside for a moment.

Get to work.

And you just said yes?

Didn't Mr. Lin explain it?

It's a win-win cooperation.

So what is next?

I've sent you the schedule.

Just follow it.

Why don't you stop acting like you don't care?

Do you really want to say yes?

So what do you want me to do?

And what can you do?

Are you willing?

What do you mean?

Mr. Lin is dedicated to academic research

and has never considered dishonest practices.

But even if he doesn't know,

you should know

what Zhang Xiaobei is here for.

If we work in her name,

then we are working for nothing.

I grew up seeing a lot of people like her

who relied on big companies

to exploit students for cheap labor.

We can't just say yes.

There must be another way.

Besides, even without her,

we can finish the website

based on our own strengths.

Your Highness,

you are so full of confidence.

Aren't you angry at all?

Why should I be angry?

You usually look down on this and that.

Why are you afraid to fight a tougher guy?

What good is it to be angry?

Who gave the most to this project?

Who stayed up late every night?

Who did the planning?

Who built the framework?

How can you not be mad at all

and make such a joke?

Do you feel sorry for me?

I'm being serious here.

Our whole base has worked on this project for so long.

Even if you're not mad yourself, you should be mad on our behalf.

Your Highness,

you have been too sheltered.

There are many things that

people like you will never understand.

Don't say grandiose but impractical words

like you've been through this before.

Zhu Yun,

have you ever met a bad person?

What do you mean?

Zhang Xiaobei is nothing.

There are many people who are much worse than Zhang Xiaobei.

There will always be people in this society

who take you for all you're worth.

Like I said,

there are some things you will never understand.

If I held a grudge

for every single thing I've experienced,

I would be seeking revenge

for the rest of my life.

Don't you care at all?

I don't have time to care.

It will be nothing but a lose-lose situation.

She's not worth ruining my career for.

Li Xun,

is anyone worth it to you?

I thought you saw us as friends.

Your Highness,

don't be so self-centered.

The company that Zhang Xiaobei works for

is partnered with the school.

She has a reason for the co-op,

so it's useless for us to fight.

Get back to work.

We've wasted a day.

Li Xun.

The base is yours.

The Blue Crown project is also yours.

You have the right to give it away.

I also have the right to quit.

Who does Zhang Xiaobei think she is?

She came here to show off her authority.

Why should we be the ones to give up?

Li Xun.

You will find a way out, right?

Blue Crown's website is out of date.

When Zhang Xiaobei finds out that I fooled her,

she won't let me off the hook so easily.